Friday, December 2, 2011

Friday Finds- Will It Ever End?

Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C.Gwynne, is about the history of the Comanche Native American tribe. After reading Dee Brown's masterful Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, I was attracted to this new, acclaimed book about Native Americans.

The Murderess, by Alexandros Papadiamantis, is about an old woman on a small Greek island. It's a small book but it looks really great. Part of the problem I'm having is that there's almost no difference between doing my job and shopping for books all day. I found this while straightening shelves in the NYRB Classics section.

The Tennis Partner, by Abraham Verghese, is his memoir about a close friend who died. I had to round out my collection of Verghese books- and now I should actually read them!

If I worked at the bookstore, I would never come home with a paycheck, but my bookshelves would be awesome! I can just see you straightening shelves all day and secreting books away to take home with you at the end of the day! What a dream job!

These look like some wonderful finds... a reminder I do need to read some Verghese, and the first two look especially interesting. Trying really hard to manage the incoming books right now until I can get a better handle on the current pile and get through the holidays... (but am really hoping to get Anita Desai's Artist of Disappearance from mom for Xmas!)